Sylvia Sleigh, Kenneth Tam, Christine Sun Kim, Paul Gardère, and Rudy Burckhardt are ideal for anyone who desires a glimpse into an artist’s personal life and worldview.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-in-chief and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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Men Undressing for Women and Other Contemporary Takes on the Old Masters
Sylvia Sleigh challenged the traditions of portraiture by letting those she adored be their glorious selves.
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Five NYC Art Shows to See This Week
Depth and wonder abound in shows featuring artists Alexis Rockman, Stephanie H. Shih, Raoul De Keyser, Roxanne Jackson, and Tabboo!
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Alexis Rockman Paints Humanity’s Final Season
Taking on Thomas Cole’s epic The Course of Empire, the New York artist asks if we’ve all had a good run.
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The Drag Queen Artist Who Helped Make the East Village Interesting
From a large Wigstock banner to more intimate self-portraits, Tabboo!’s art sparkles anew in two contemporaneous exhibitions.
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Five NYC Art Shows to See This Week
From AbEx giant Cy Twombly to explorations of assimilation by Serena Chang to the politics of prettiness in the portraits of Marie Laurencin, these shows deserve close looking.
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We Are Also the Darkness After the Big Explosion
Nolan Oswald sees the pre- and postcolonial worlds as contemporaneous and interlocking.
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Covering Up the Present in a Ghost Forest
Artist Serena Chang helps us see that in the act of remembering we’re often uncovering more than our own past.
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After More Than 20 Years, Kate Hargrave Lets Her Paintings Leave the Nest
The artist’s new exhibition, her first since graduating from art school in the early aughts, reveals her deep love of art history.
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Five NYC Shows to Start Your February
Make sure to check out shows by the Guerrilla Girls and Etel Adnan this week, along with a collection of imagined books and other great exhibitions.
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Not All Superheroes Wear Capes, Some Don Gorilla Masks
This one-room exhibition is a good reminder of how this anonymous group of artists changed how we saw the art world.
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Alexis Trice’s Pearls of Longing
In the New York painter’s lyrical scenes, the pearl serves as a metaphor for turning pain into treasure.